'Knight' totals 'Recall' at domestic B.O.

Andrew Stewart

Warner Bros.' "The Dark Knight Rises" scored an estimated $36.4 million, down a better-than-anticipated 41% in its third frame, for a domestic cume of $354.6 million. "Dark Knight Rises" crippled Sony's $125 million sci-fi newcomer "Total Recall," which collected $26 million through Sunday, while Fox's family pic "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" collected a modest $14.7 million. The weekend's Stateside totals were no match for this time last year, when "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" debuted with $54 million. Still, "TDKR" held better than either "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which fell 54% during its third weekend, and 2008's "The Dark Knight," down 43%. It's typical for blockbusters like "Dark Knight Rises" to level out in subsequent frames, though Warners' Batman finale has been playing particularly well during midweeks and fell just 60% last weekend from its $160.9 million debut. At the specialty B.O., Sony Pictures Classics' indie dramedy "Celeste and Jesse Forever" scored a solid $28,003 average from four debut locations. Focus Features' "Moonrise Kingdom," meanwhile, stayed strong in its 11th weekend, grossing $1.2 million, down just 14%. Pic now has cumed $40.8 million domestically.